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NEW DELHI: YES Bank, Hindalco Industries, Indiabulls Housing Finance, HDFC, State Bank of India, Tata Consultancy Services and ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainers of the Nifty index on Monday.
On the flip side, Bharti Airtel, HPCL, Axis Bank, Ultratech Cement, IndusInd Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank stood as the top losers among the Nifty scrips.
A sharp bout of short covering in bank, financial, auto, IT, FMCG and metal counters in the second half of trading session helped equity benchmarks end Monday's session with decent gains.
The 30-share Sensex closed 299 points, or 0.83 per cent, up at 36,526.14 with 22 stocks in the green.
The NSE Nifty settled 78 points, or 0.71 per cent, up at 11,008.30, with 34 stocks advancing and 16 stocks declining.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap trailed Sensex on Monday, closing 0.53 per cent up and 0.25 per cent down, respectively.
Barring Nifty Realty, all sectoral indices settled with gains, with Nifty PSU Bank (up 3.63 per cent) leading.
Nifty Realty declined 1.50 per cent on losses in Indiabulls Real Estate (down 7.12 per cent), Phoenix Mills (down 4.50 per cent), Sunteck Realty (down 1.57 per cent), DLF (down 1.57 per cent) and Oberoi Realty (down 0.62 per cent).
